How to reef-safe a fish?

[nicholasloh]

my Powder Brown went on a mushie diet, and became not reef safe. luckily, it was at a place with only 1 pc of mushie rock. but still, i haf plans to renovate and introduce it to a coral environment. or else i will convert the tank to macro algae only, and keep pipes there. so anyone know how to reef-safe it?

[nicholasloh]

its alradi eating fish food liaoz.

[bubble_gum]

no tang is reefsafe!!!

here is my experience wif fishes i kept b4(either sold or in FOWLR now)...

pt:derasa nipper, only my derasa

small bt: clam nipper

bigger bt:killed a cleaner shrimp

tiny unicorn tang:jus gave it away caused it started eating my xenia

never.... i say never add a tang any how

bro nic....i suggest u remove the tang or go mushie-less gd luck

[iewnehz]

no tang is reefsafe!!!

here is my experience wif fishes i kept b4(either sold or in FOWLR now)...

pt:derasa nipper, only my derasa

small bt: clam nipper

bigger bt:killed a cleaner shrimp

tiny unicorn tang:jus gave it away caused it started eating my xenia

never.... i say never add a tang any how

bro nic....i suggest u remove the tang or go mushie-less gd luck

haha no luck!

[danano]

It's important to have adequate LR in your tank. There should be enough LR for your tang(s) to graze/feed on throughout the day. That way, they are less likely to change their diet. After it's settled in, feed it nori and other freeze-dried and/or frozen foods - for a balanced diet.

My tangs stomachs are full from grazing on LR the whole day. I supplement their algae diet with nori and marine flake/pellets every other day. On occasion, they get mysis or brine.

Some tangs are "more reef-safe" than others.

[bubble_gum]

haha no luck!

talking abt luck,at least all my tangs are healthy and eating w/o itch

beck to the topic... nic is the pbt still munchinng on ur muchies?

[neokn]

I had 3 tangs (Unicorn, Orange shoulder and burple tang) in my tank now. They feed on all the food that I give them except on my leather corals or clams. But they will feed heavy on Red bamboo algae.

The only LS that is nibbling on my leather coral is Coral beauty.

[ryz]

I have a Yellow Tang a Purple Tang a Regal Tang and a Striped Bristle tooth tang in my reef tank... very packed with corals but no anomalous behavior so far leh... it's constantly nipping at your mushrooms and you see the tissue gone/?

[nicholasloh]

its like kinda ripped off lor, and u can see dangling tissue. luckily its placed in a tank with other corals. so i shifted the hairy mushie to the main tank. kinda puzzled coz this tang feeds on every thing. i can even hand-feed it...and there are many stalks of red bamboo for it...and i mean a lot. nvm, i guess i shall convert the tank into macro algae and add pipefishes.

[nicholasloh]

funny thing is that all the other tangs i had kept b4 are so reef-safe, and yet this tang isnt... my scopas and unicorn are ok in the reef tank...the one in the pic.

i not very good at dealing with coral-eating buggers, as this is only the 2nd fish that i had that knew how to rip and slash. the other was a velvet damsel back in nov. it died shortly after i did a rescape 1 week after introduced.

my angel is reef-safe (koran), my supposedly coral-eater yellow wrasse is fine, and my boxer nvr went on coral-rampage.

so i suppose theres no way to treat that brownie's bad habit?

[desong]

Being grazers, most Tangs 'nibbles'. This effect is more pronounced if the Tang is kept in a tank too small and/or insufficient food is available.

Des

[ReDDeviLs]

is the mushroom green? maybe it mistake if for algae? hehe

[nicholasloh]

the mushie was clay-mud color...perhaps it tot it was miracle mud and decided to try out the product :lol